Improved seam-puttying- machine



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ALFRED STEVENS, OF'GERGETOWN, ASSIGNOR TO VJOSIAI-I STAR-` LING, OFMANHEIGAN, MAINE. i

` Letters Patent No.'93,365, dated August 3, 1869.

IMPRQVED SEAM-PUTTYING- MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to lin these Letters Patent and` making part ofthe same.

*wps- To all whom 'it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALFRED STEVENS, of Georgetown, in' the county ofSagadahoc, and State of Maine, have invented a new and usefulSeam-Puttying Machine; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, andyexaot description of the same, sulicient to enable.others skilled in the art to which my invention. appertains, to makeand use the same,`1'eference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming part of this specification, and in whicl1' Figure 1 is alongitudinal vertical section of the device, illustrating my invention,and

Figure 2, a transverse section of the same.

The object of my invention is to produce a device by which the seams ofvesselsv may be lled with putty,d and the entrance of water prevented.To that en It consists in providing a frame', with a recess for Athereception of the putty, which is forced, by means of presser-blocks,through an opening'in the bottom of the frame, and 'between metallicplates. attached to blocks Asecured to the bottom of said frame, intothe seams of the vessel.

It also consists in providing the frame with eveners, a scraper, agauge, and a refuse-box, for catching the pieces of putty as they arescraped from the seam In the drawings- A represents the frame, which maybe constructed of wood or metal, cast in one piece, (but I prefer the`.toi-men) and provided with a recess, B, for the recep` tion of theputty.

C C represent presser-blocks, placed within .the 'recess B, andconnected'by 'means of a hinge,a,'through which is run arod, b, forholding the blocks in position, having its hearings in the upper part ofVthe frame A. p

The blocks C C are operated by means of levers D D, which are secured tothe upper ends of said blocks in any suitable manner.

VIn 'order to assist in the easy working of the blocks G C, I attach totheir sides, near the-bottom, atmetallic springs c c, which, as theblocks are' pressed down, move upon metallic rods d d, attached to theframe A, at the-upper corners of the recess B, thereby causing the easyreturn Aof the blocks after they have descended upon the putty. A

To the lower part of the frame A, and at the bottom of the recess B, Isecure blocks E E, of spch a size as to leave a space between. To theseblocks metallic plates e e, through which the putty passes,

are attached.

The width of thel space between these plates may he regulated by meansof set-screws E F, which enter from the sides of the frame A, andpassing through the blocks E E, press against the plates c e.

A portion of the frame A is cutaway, forming arecess, as at f.

To the side of the frame, where this recess is formed, a metallicrefuse-box, G, and a scraper, g, are attached. Y

H I represent two smoothers, and'J a gauge, all of which maybeconstructed of Wood or metal, secured to the under side of the frame A,and in a straight line with the plates e e, all for a purpose to behereinafter explained. y l

Having described the construction' of my seam-puttying machine, I willnow proceed to describe its operation. v

. When itis desired to fill theseams of a vessel with putty, the machineis first heldin the hands by thc levers D D, and applied to the seam byplacing the gauge J and'plates e e therein.

y It is then moved steadily along the sea-m, at the same timepressing'upon the levers D D, when it will be found that the pressers CO will force the putty, previously introduced, down through the spacebetween lthe blocks E E, into the seam below.

The plates e '6, being Hexible, will expand to all the irregularities ofthe seam, and lill every part thereof with putty.

The smoother H will harden the putty into the seam, while' the scraper gwill scrape off all that ret-Avg mains on the outside, the pieces, inthe meantime, falling into the refuse-box G, and the smoother I willfinish olf the operation by making the putty smooth and even in theseam.

The gauge vJ serves the purpose of clearing dirt and all other obstaclesfrom the seam.

Having .thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The presser-blocks C O, and adjustable plates e e,

in combination with a frame or block, A, having a recess for holding theputty, all constructed and arranged/ to operate substantially as hereindescribed. 2. A seam-puttying machine, composed of theframe A, having arecess, B, the presser-blocks C C, their levers D D, and springs c c,the blocks E E, and plates e e, the gauge J, the refuse-box G, thescraper g, and smoothers H I, combined, when arranged as set forth.

' ALFRED STEVENS. Witnesses:

ALONZO H. STEVENS, JOHN (J. WARREN.

